200 



one wishes, ^suitable for making them softer and keeping the 

 body warm. So the leaves of Dictamnus which seem to be 

 soft are called tomentitia and lanea by Dioscorides, that is, 

 yva(pa\oei8r]. [Cf. Tomentose.] 



Tori. Hard fleshy protruberances of parts are called tori. The 

 Greeks called them k6v5v\ol. Hence Kop8v\w5r]s, i. e., torosus, 

 means to the Latins a knot-like formation. [Obsolete in 

 this sense. Cf. Torus.] 



Triens, A triens equals four cyathi. [Not a botanical term.] 



Tunica. Tunica is a thin and membranous bark (cortex) in which 

 either a tree or root is wrapped. Thus an onion is tunicated 

 with scales (folliculi). [Cf. Tunic, Tunicated.] 



Turbo. Whatever, starting from a point, expands to greater 

 size is called a turbo. Hence whatever advances uninter- 

 ruptedly from narrower to wider is called turbinate. Thus 

 the shape of the pear is seen to be turbinate. Moreover 

 many leaves are turbinate at the tip. [Cf. Turbinate.] 



Turiones. Turiones are the very slender shoots of the tops of 

 trees which grow each year. [Obsolete in this sense. Cf. 

 Turion.] 



Topiarium. Topiary work is that which arranges trees, shrubs, 

 or herbs into arches or vaults for decoration. Hence those 

 trees and herbs should be called topiariae which are par- 

 ticularly adapted to this work owing to their natural flexi- 

 bility and pliancy. [Cf. Topiary.] 



V 



Vascula. Vascula are seed cases. [Obsolete in this sense. Cf. 



Vasculum.] 

 Venae. Venae are parts having both branches and juice which 



are present in the leaves of plants. [Obsolete in this sense. 



Cf. Vena, Venation.] 

 Vermiculatum.* That which grows red, almost dark purple 



like a rose, is called vermiculatum. 

 Verticillum. A circle of leaves or flowers which crowns the stem 



or branch of an herb constitutes a verticillum, named from 



* Misprint, vermiculatum means wormlike. . 



